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A Study on Mental Health of Migrant Labourers with Reference to Thodupuzha Taluk, Kerala


Ms Anu Binu | Dr. Agnce Febiola X



Ms Anu Binu | Dr. Agnce Febiola X "A Study on Mental Health of Migrant Labourers with Reference to Thodupuzha Taluk, Kerala" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4, June 2022, pp.880-884, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50217.pdf

Health is forever measured as wealth. “Health is a situation of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not only the absence of disease or ill-health: it is a fundamental human right and the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a worldwide social goal whose realization requires the action of many other socio- economic and political sectors in addition to the health area.” All dimensions of socio- economic, political and cultural conditions such as food, water supply, education, housing, employment, reasonable wage and circumstances of creativity etc. play a vital role in maintaining health. This paper highlights the migrants physically, socially and mentally for surplus production with cheap labour. Research Methodology: The study is descriptive in nature 60 respondents migrated to Thodupuzha taluk were included in the study consisting includes both male and female. The sampling method adopted was purposive sampling. Tools used: Interview Schedule to find out socio- demographic profile and Mental Health Inventory Developed by Jagdish and A.K Srivastava. Results: Majority (31.7%) of the respondents below 25 years of age, high majority were male respondents (78.3%). Majority (68.3%) of the respondents were Construction workers. Sixty percent of the respondent had moderate level of mental health. The study also found that there no significant association between gender of the respondents and level of mental health of the respondents.

Mental health, Migrants


IJTSRD50217
Volume-6 | Issue-4, June 2022
880-884
IJTSRD | www.ijtsrd.com | E-ISSN 2456-6470
Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

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